US welcomes EU’s announcement regarding cyber sanctions framework

The US on Thursday (local time) welcomed the announcement from the European Union’s High Representative Josep Borrell regarding the body’s first designations under its cyber sanctions framework.

“The United States and the EU share a vision for open, interoperable, reliable and secure cyberspace, and for responsible behavior on the international stage. Destructive, disruptive, or otherwise destabilizing activities in cyberspace threaten this vision,” US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo said in a statement.

He stated that the United States supports efforts to promote accountability for bad actors’ malicious cyber activities, and the EU’s actions today are an important milestone.